195:) and Regina D. Breitel (nÊe Zuckerberg, born in Austria). His parents had 4 children, 3 of which were born in Austria: Sadie (1889–1990), Lillian (born on 10 June 1897 in Lemberg), Ethel Ettie (born 1905 in Austria), and Charles David (born on December 12, 1908, in
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